Movie Marathon (Part 1)

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Movies about insects

  1. Antz
  2. A Bug’s Life
  3. Them!
  4. Phase IV
  5. The Swarm
  6. The Ant Bully
  7. The Fly
  8. Joe’s Apartment
  9. Bee Movie
  10. Stung

Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later

  1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren
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Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later

  1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren
  2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett
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Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later

  1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren
  2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett
  3. Platoon - Keith David
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Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later

  1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren
  2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett
  3. Platoon - Keith David
  4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia
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Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later

  1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren
  2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett
  3. Platoon - Keith David
  4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia
  5. 12 Angry Men - Lee Cobb

Also…Platoon is NOT an old film. Grumble, grumble.

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Platoon? Well, 34 years old is no spring chicken.

Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later

  1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren
  2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett
  3. Platoon - Keith David
  4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia
  5. 12 Angry Men - Lee Cobb
  6. Notorious - Leopoldine Konstantin
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Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later

  1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren
  2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett
  3. Platoon - Keith David
  4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia
  5. 12 Angry Men - Lee Cobb
  6. Notorious - Leopoldine Konstantin
  7. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Maggie Smith
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Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later

  1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren
  2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett
  3. Platoon - Keith David
  4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia
  5. 12 Angry Men - Lee Cobb
  6. Notorious - Leopoldine Konstantin
  7. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Maggie Smith
  8. Animal House - Bruce McGill

If you had asked me back in 1978 to predict who would be the future star from that cast, I would have picked McGill. But while he’s had a steady career as a supporting actor, he never became a major lead.

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Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later

  1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren
  2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett
  3. Platoon - Keith David
  4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia
  5. 12 Angry Men - Lee Cobb
  6. Notorious - Leopoldine Konstantin
  7. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Maggie Smith
  8. Animal House - Bruce McGill
  9. A Patch of Blue - Shelley Winters
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McGill played Edwin Stanton in Spielberg’s Lincoln (and very well, too) and also was on an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, IIRC.

Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later

  1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren
  2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett
  3. Platoon - Keith David
  4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia
  5. 12 Angry Men - Lee Cobb
  6. Notorious - Leopoldine Konstantin
  7. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Maggie Smith
  8. Animal House - Bruce McGill
  9. A Patch of Blue - Shelley Winters
  10. Heaven Can Wait - Joseph Maher

Next up:

Films you think historic people would have liked

  1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton
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Films you think historic people would have liked

  1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton
  2. 1776 - Ben Franklin
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Films you think historic people would have liked

  1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton
  2. 1776 - Ben Franklin
  3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells
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Films you think historic people would have liked

  1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton
  2. 1776 - Ben Franklin
  3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells
  4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette
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Films you think historic people would have liked

  1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton
  2. 1776 - Ben Franklin
  3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells
  4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette
  5. Glory - John Laurens
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Films you think historic people would have liked

  1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton
  2. 1776 - Ben Franklin
  3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells
  4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette
  5. Glory - John Laurens
  6. The Paper Chase - Clarence Darrow
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Films you think historic people would have liked

  1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton
  2. 1776 - Ben Franklin
  3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells
  4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette
  5. Glory - John Laurens
  6. The Paper Chase - Clarence Darrow
  7. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Jules Verne

-“BB”-

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Films you think historic people would have liked

  1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton
  2. 1776 - Ben Franklin
  3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells
  4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette
  5. Glory - John Laurens
  6. The Paper Chase - Clarence Darrow
  7. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Jules Verne
  8. Passengers - Washington Irving
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Films you think historic people would have liked

  1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton
  2. 1776 - Ben Franklin
  3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells
  4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette
  5. Glory - John Laurens
  6. The Paper Chase - Clarence Darrow
  7. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Jules Verne
  8. Passengers - Washington Irving
  9. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - H.L. Hunley
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Films you think historic people would have liked

  1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton
  2. 1776 - Ben Franklin
  3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells
  4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette
  5. Glory - John Laurens
  6. The Paper Chase - Clarence Darrow
  7. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Jules Verne
  8. Passengers - Washington Irving
  9. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - H.L. Hunley
  10. Apollo 13 - the Wright Brothers

Pass.

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Other roles of James Bond villains

  1. Gert Frobe (Goldfinger) - Baron Bomburst, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang